The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) is hoping to secure a friendly match against South American side Peru on February 6 as part of the men's senior national football team's preparations for the Gold Cup in July. The game is to kick off at the Ato Boldon Stadium from 8 p.m. and will cost $100 for adults and be free for children under 16.

TTFF president Raymond Tim Kee announced that his organisation is also in the planning stages for a return game, as well as another match to be hosted by South Korea.

Besides the two games with Peru and the match in South Korea--for which Tim Kee said the airfare, accommodation, ground transport and meals will be sponsored by the South Korean Football Association--Tim Kee said the TTFF is looking into two additional warm-up matches before the Gold Cup.

Captain of the T&T side, Jan-Michael Williams said the players are happy with the direction the TTFF is taking by securing the warm-up games.

"The guys have a lot of confidence in Mr (Raymond) Tim Kee and his TTFF executive in terms of what they are doing to make sure we get good match practice against international teams, and that we get good preparation for the Gold Cup. So we are quite happy with what we have seen and we wish the TTFF continues on this path," Williams said.

Tim Kee said he contacted former Minister of Sport Manohar Ramsaran, the current sports tourism manager at the Tourism Development Company (TDC) to negotiate the Peru encounter.

"He (Ramsaran) had said he would do whatever he could once available and I took him up on that," Tim Kee said.

The result is that the TDC will underwrite some of the costs of hosting the Peruvians here to the tune of nearly $500,000.

Tim Kee added that the national team's sponsorship with Adidas recently came to an end and that he is seeking to hold talks with Admiral, Puma and Adidas about new contracts for the national team.